Halloween 2008

Isabel and her class celebrated Halloween last Friday. Isabel dressed up as a pumpkin and took an Elmo bucket. All the kids loved her bucket, and she didn't really mind sharing. They went trick-or-treating from classroom to classroom. Baba was with her taking some pictures.

With Carys and Nicholas.

With Anthony, Nishka, Henry, Ryan, a kid from another class, Carys, and Ms. Angelica.

With Nishka.

Here Jacob had arrived.

Alien

Cool in the Pool

This is the wonderful thing about fall in Texas: reading in the pool while Mami drinks a cold Nestea, Baba plays salsa in the garage, and the neighbors stand by drinking their beers. That's the sweet life!!

Here we are reading my book "¡A bañarse, ratón!" (a gift from Abuelo Ernesto).

Playing with my water toys.

These are my shades.

I See a Cat Lookin' at Me

Murphy the Cat likes to hang out in everybody's backyards. Isabel and Murphy love watching each other through the window. This picture reminds me of a picture of her cousin Gabriel and a cat in Louisiana when he was a baby.

I Shouldn't Be Doing This!

Darn, they saw me!

Come on, how can anybody get mad at a face like this?

Pretty in a Dress

Baba doesn't like me to wear dresses because they make me trip, but don't I look super cute???

And here's another dress.

Outfits

The tennis player.

The Little Swede in Nature.

With Selim, Selen and Julio

Fun in the Grass

The Children's Courtyard

Here I am with my pals at my daycare.

With Baba and Henry.

With Kyle, Carys, Ryan, Nishka, and Nicholas.

Eating Manners

I like cream cheese at Mozart's.

I can use my spoon, too.

My First Birthday

On September 5th Isabel Deniz turned 1. We celebrated at home with a few friends. Hakan and Ethan gave her a really cool set of instruments, and Ethan played a while with Isabel.

Mami gave me a shape sorting box.

We had pizza and Baba bought me a cake!